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REPL

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Canada/ɹɛpl̩/

REPL is the acronym of read-eval-print loop.

Meaning of read-eval-print loop

Noun

read–eval–print loop (plural read-eval-print loops)

  1. An interactive programming language interpreter.
    • It is easier to experiment in languages that provide a read-eval-print loop.
    Synonyms:
    REPL, top-level

Forms of REPL

alternative uncommonrepl

Questions about REPL

What is REPL the acronym of?
REPL is the acronym of read-eval-print loop.
How do you pronounce REPL?
REPL is pronounced /ɹɛpl̩/ (Canada).

Words near REPL in the dictionary

  1. repivots
  2. Repka
  3. Repkas
  4. Repko
  5. Repkos
  6. REPL
  7. repl.
  8. repla
  9. replacable
  10. replace
  11. replaceabilities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: REPL (page history and authors); read-eval-print loop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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